Exportable & ACME public certs
AWS Certificate Manager Pricing Calculator
Model exportable or ACME-enrolled ACM public certificates — FQDN and wildcard name fees plus API overage.
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us-east-1list rates, pricing as of 2026-10-17. Exportable certs bill per name at issuance and each renewal. ACME certs bill per domain occurrence issued each month on volume tiers (modeled on the average month). Integrated AWS-service certs remain free. Private CA is a separate calculator. Source: AWS public pricing.
Exportable: $7 per FQDN per issuance/renewal. ACME: from $1 per domain issued.
Exportable: $79 per wildcard per issuance/renewal. ACME: from $5 per domain issued.
Renewals & API
Short-lived certs renew more often — ACME's 45-day maximum means about 9 a year.
Exportable: first 10K export-certificate calls free. ACME: first 30K free. Then $0.50 per 10K.
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Teams exporting ACM public certificates, or enrolling them over ACME, for use outside AWS-integrated services.
Why We Built This Tool
Integrated ACM certs are free; exportable and ACME names bill per FQDN/wildcard at each issuance and renewal.
What Problem It Solves
- Wildcard premium. $79 vs $7 for a standard FQDN.
- Renewal cadence. Shorter lifetimes multiply annual cost.
- API overage. export-certificate calls beyond 10K/mo add fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are ALB/CloudFront certs free?
Yes — public certificates used only with ACM-integrated AWS services have no ACM charge.
What about Private CA?
Use our Private CA calculator — different SKU.
ACME certificates?
Select ACME public above. ACM bills each domain at issuance and every automatic renewal, tiered on the total domain occurrences issued in your account each month: $1.00 per FQDN for the first 1,000, $0.50 for the next 3,000, $0.25 beyond; wildcards $5.00 for the first 500, then $2.50. ACME certs are valid for at most 45 days, and the first 30K ACME API calls each month are free.
